| Kanagawa 18th district | |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Constituency Link: | Kanagawa 18th district |
| Parl Name: | House of Representatives |
| Map Size: | 450px |
| District Label: | Prefecture |
| District: | Kanagawa |
| Region Label: | Proportional District |
| Region: | Southern Kanto |
| Electorate: | 408,423 (2023)[1] |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Members Label: | Representative |
| Members: | Daishirō Yamagiwa |
| Seats: | One |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Party Label: | Party |
| Party: | Liberal Democratic |
| Previous: | Kanagawa 8th, 9th, 10th district |
| Blank1 Name: | Municipalities |
| Blank1 Info: | Takatsu-ku, parts of Miyamae-ku and Nakahara-ku in Kawasaki |
Kanagawa 18th district (神奈川県第18区, Kanagawa-ken dai-jyūhakku or 神奈川18区, Kanagawa jyūhakku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in western Kawasaki. The district consists of the wards of Takatsu, Miyamae and Nakahara. As of December 1, 2020, 449,625 eligible voters were registered in the district.
In 2003, the first election since the establishment of this electoral district, Takkeshi Hidaka of the Democratic Party was elected, and Daishirō Yamagiwa of the Liberal Democratic Party was proportionally restored. Since then, he has alternated between Yamagiwa in 2005 and Hidaka in 2009, but since 2012, Yamagiwa has continued to be elected.
| Member | Party | Dates | Electoral history | Notes | ||||
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| align=left | Takeshi Hidaka | Democratic | nowrap | November 10, 2003 – August 8, 2005 | Redistricted from the 7th district and Re-elected in 2003. Lost re-election. | Lost re-election in the Southern Kanto PR block. | ||
| align=left | Daishirō Yamagiwa | Liberal Democratic | nowrap | September 12, 2005 – July 21, 2009 | Re-elected in 2005. Lost re-election. | Elected in 2003 by the Southern Kanto PR block. Lost re-election in the Southern Kanto PR block. | ||
| Takeshi Hidaka | Democratic | nowrap | August 31, 2009 – July 11, 2012 | Elected in 2009. Lost re-election. | Lost re-election in the Southern Kanto PR block. | |||
| Tomorrow | nowrap | July 11, 2012 – November 16, 2012 | ||||||
| align=left | Daishirō Yamagiwa | Liberal Democratic | nowrap | December 17, 2012 – present | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2017. Re-elected in 2021. | Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy (2021 – 2022) |
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